Example Sentences

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It includes the clean white and celadon green finishes you’d expect, along with plenty of gourd-shaped ewers and stocky jars.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Two oddly positioned eyes peer out from behind a gourd-shaped mask that hides a face so terrifying, it’s a wonder it doesn’t turn unfortunate onlookers to stone.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2022

The winsome group of celadons, or vessels with a green, iron-based glaze, assembled by the ceramics dealer Eric Zetterquist, includes a gorgeous, gourd-shaped 11th-century Korean vase.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2018

His virtual one-man show involved narrative dance, pure movement, a playing of the gourd-shaped tabla, and a percussive improvisation while wearing clusters of ankle bells weighing about 2 lbs. per leg.

From Time Magazine Archive

He unslung his little gourd-shaped earthenware jug, and I put it under my moustache and took a long, glorious, satisfying draught.

From The Curious Republic of Gondour, and Other Whimsical Sketches by Twain, Mark